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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” In the mid-2000’s, there weren’t a lot of options to do so, as the ecosystem vibe still hadn’t recovered from the dot-com bubble burst. Plus, tech has moved on from the Web 2.0

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What’s the Difference Between a Small Business Venture and a Startup?

Up and Running

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. As the cofounder of Y-Combinator – an American seed fund accelerator – he’s a great source of information.

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Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

Both Sides of the Table

Chris runs a popular web interview series on TechCrunch so is used to being the guy asking the questions. This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital.

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From co-founder to ousted CEO of 500px: Trials, errors, and lessons learned

The Next Web

Its history, however, has been a bumpy ride, which ended for its co-founder Oleg Gutsol last year, with him being ousted from the CEO role and the company itself. Shortly after the news hit the media, Gutsol left Canada where he’s lived since 2000 after moving from Ukraine, and he spent a few months in the Dominican Republic.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. 1st phase (late 90s, early 00s): New Web programming languages and frameworks. You would upload files to the server as static Web pages. Viktor Marohni? A look at how CMS evolved.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 14: Matthew Wallenstein and Jason Young

Steve Blank

Joining me at the Stanford University studio were: Matthew Wallenstein , chairman and co-founder of Growcentia , which aims to revolutionize management of soil health to help crops grow better and faster. Jason Young , co-founder of MindBlown Labs , which makes mobile social games to teach young adults about personal finance.

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Thank you Israel for welcoming our British startup (Guest post)

VC Cafe

Based on what we needed, it felt as though these Israeli advocates helped navigating us through a spider’s web of referrals to people that could tangibly help our move. All in a 2000 sq ft shared workspace. With special thanks too from Stevan Litobac, Co-Founder & Head of Product. . Daniel Abrahams.